Monday, July 23, 2012

Is Nurul Izzah working for Amcop now?

Serving the people. The other day, I went into the Malaysiakini CEO's twitter to give my unsolicited two sen's worth about why the disputing MPs of Pakatan Rakyat should just focus on serving the people instead of worrying about winning the (general) election. I am a believer that if an elected rep works hard for the Rakyat, he or she will most likely be re-elected ...

But it is so easy to get carried away once politics has consumed you ,,,

... which brings me to the title of this posting: Is Nurul Izzah working for Amcorp now?

From a layman's point of view, I don't see how or why the contest (or dispute?) between two corporations (Amcop vs AAT?) should concern YB Nurul, especially since "the Malaysian ATC system has shown no ‘air misses’ the past 17 years".Is she kicking a fuss because the son of her daddy's rival works and holds shares in AAT (the company that won the deal) or does she have an interest - direct or indirect - in Amcop? Either way, it is interesting to note that AAT's bid for the project is considerably lower than Amcop's!

As a journalist, it amuses me that while its report Winner of KLIA air traffic system bid not up to standards heavily quotes Nurul Izzah on Amcop and AAT, Premesh's Malaysiakini carries a Editor's note at the end of the article to say that "Malaysiakini has contacted AAT for comment on the latest allegation and is waiting for a response".

Who are the people behind Amcop? Shouldn't Malaysiakini be equally interested in Amcop's response, too?

I am.

p.s. Big Dog seems to think that there is a connection between a consultant of the deal from Aecom with Amcop, the Department of Civil Aviation. Read his posting againh e r e.

People in Amcop are ordinary Malaysian people who also cari makan in the air traffic industry. No relation to Izzah.

Nurul Izzah is just trying to make waves. If choose Amcop also she will make noise... why?... because the price is higher. There is no way to satisfy this woman. There is also no law that says you have to take what ever recommendations from consultants.

Don't paint the AMCOP guys in a bad light. They are a hard working bumiputra company who are trying to compete in the air traffic industry just as any other company. They as a company is capable in the air traffic business and will cover all aspects when bidding for contracts.

Amcop is pro-govt or not is irrelevant to me. I think the people behind the company - the ones you call ordinary Malaysians - should do what ordinary people do: clear their name, respond accordingly to YB Nurul Izzah. I am sure Malaysiakini will be more than happy to run Amcop's statement.

The little I know about the industry, it has not too many players. AAT and Amcop and perhaps another one or two other main players. This is a highly specialized field with no room for unskilled cronies, Alibabas and nepotism.

I've read Big Dog's post after I've made a comment on your blog. The way he writes does not implicate Amcop as the guilty party.

He questions why Malaysiakini and Malaysia Insider one sided report as if to support Nurul Izzah claims. No effort of contacting the other party in this case Amcop... who has done nothing wrong except for losing the tender hence being used as ammo by Nurul Izzah to implicate that the government is up to no good.

And you unconsciously got 'roped in' by Izzah as well. The way Bigdog writes shows he has the insiders knowledge in this issue. Suggest you hello Biggy for more info before you write.